Awards & Winners

Stanley Donen

Date of Birth 13-April-1924
Place of Birth Columbia
(South Carolina, United States of America, Area code 803)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as The King of Musicals, The King of Musicals, The King of the Hollywood Musical
Profession Film director, Film Producer, Choreographer, Dancer, Theatre Director, Actor
Stanley Donen is an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are Singin' in the Rain and On the Town, both of which he co-directed with actor and dancer Gene Kelly. His other noteworthy films include Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face, Indiscreet, Damn Yankees!, Charade, and Two for the Road. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 for his body of work and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004. He was hailed by film critic David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals". Donen married five times and had three children. His current long term partner is film director and comedian Elaine May. He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Kelly. In 1943 he went to Hollywood and worked as a choreographer before he and Kelly made On the Town in 1949. He then worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed producing hit films amid critical acclaim, both as a solo director and with Kelly. In 1952 Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical Singin' in the Rain, regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated in 1955 during their final collaboration on It's Always Fair Weather. He then broke his contract with MGM to become an independent producer in 1957. As musicals began to lose public appeal, Donen switched to comedies. He continued to make hit films until the late 1960s, after which his career slowed down. He briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002.

Awards by Stanley Donen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Stanley Donen.

1997


Academy Honorary Award
(in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation)

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography Singin' in the Rain

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Razzie Award for Worst Picture Saturn 3

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Movie Movie

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Little Prince

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Two for the Road

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Grass Is Greener

1959


Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Indiscreet
BAFTA Award for Best British Film Indiscreet
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Indiscreet
Comedy

1958


Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Damn Yankees

1957


Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Funny Face

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954


Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1953


Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Singin' in the Rain

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Singin' in the Rain

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film On the Town